Luke 15:2

New English Translation

But the Pharisees and the experts in the law were complaining, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

Cross References

Matthew 11:19

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”

Matthew 9:11

When the Pharisees saw this they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Luke 15:3

So Jesus told them this parable:

Luke 19:7

And when the people saw it, they all complained, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”

Luke 5:30

But the Pharisees and their experts in the law complained to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

Luke 7:34

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

Luke 7:39

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.”

Acts 11:3

saying, “You went to uncircumcised men and shared a meal with them.”

Galatians 2:12

Until certain people came from James, he had been eating with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he stopped doing this and separated himself because he was afraid of those who were pro-circumcision.

1 Timothy 1:15

This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” – and I am the worst of them!